Bearer Shares Banned

According to the latest amendments to the Bulgarian Commerce Act, promulgated in State Gazette No. 88/23.10.2018, in force as of 23 October 2018, issuing of bearer shares will not be possible anymore. Bearer shares or temporary certificates issued prior to the amendments are substituted by registered shares. The law provides 9 months period for the bearer shares of existing companies to be substituted by registered shares. The companies are obliged to amend their articles of association, to keep shareholder register and to publish them with the Commercial Registry and the Registry of the Non-Profit Legal Entities. Within two months upon expiry of the...

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New Anti-Money Laundering Act Provides For Announcing Of Ultimate Beneficial Owners Until 31 May 2019

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A new Anti-Money Laundering Act was promulgated on 27 March 2018 and entered into force on 31 March 2018. The law transposes into the Bulgarian national legislation the requirements of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (the “Anti-Money Laundering Directive”), the International standards on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism (the “FATF Recommendations”) and the Convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime and on the...

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Bearer Shares Banned

New Anti-Money Laundering Act Provides For Announcing Of Ultimate Beneficial Owners Until 31 May 2019

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